Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 223: Armed with sharp weapons and murderous intentions

After Chu Yuan entered the Liao Palace, he was greeted by a larger number of Liao official troops who surrounded and killed him.

However, Chu Yuan’s martial arts have now reached the limit of human capabilities, comparable to that of immortals and gods.

The Liao imperial guards hastily assembled by the Liao imperial palace could not stop Chu Yuan's progress at all.

There were probably more than 3,000 official guards in the entire Liao Dynasty palace.

In addition, Liao soldiers had received orders and were entering the palace in an endless stream to protect the safety of the Liao Emperor, Yelu Hongji.

However, facing the obstruction of these three thousand people, Chu Yuan was like a fish in water.

Chu Yuan searched for the whereabouts of the Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji in the palace.

Chu Yuan did not forget the purpose of his trip. It was not to get entangled with these imperial guards, but to find the Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, and force Yelu Hongji to sign an alliance that as long as he was alive, he would not send troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

Even so, the imperial guards in the Liao Dynasty's palace were slaughtered by Chu Yuan along the way.

In addition, Chu Yuan practiced the "Nine Heavens Gangqi", which protected his body and made him invulnerable to swords and spears. Neither bows, crossbows nor swords could hurt Chu Yuan at all.

On the contrary, because Chu Yuan has profound internal strength and can use his innate true energy, every move he makes, every punch and kick, has the unpredictable power of ghosts and gods.

Every time Chu Yuan swung his palm or punched, several soldiers from the official guards were killed by Chu Yuan.

The steel weapon was broken into several pieces by Chu Yuan's fist in front of him. It was not much harder than a rotten wooden stick.

The armor that could defend against swords and knives was like paper and could not defend against Chu Yuan's palm power and internal strength at all.

In just two quarters of an hour, three hundred people had been killed or injured at the hands of Chu Yuan.

The elite Liao Dynasty's battle-hardened palace guards, after fighting with Chu Yuan for a while, gradually showed fear and dread in their cold eyes.

As long as one is human, he will feel fear.

No one would feel fear when facing an enemy who is almost as strong as himself or weaker than himself.

However, when faced with someone who is many times stronger than oneself and whom one has no chance of defeating, emotions such as timidity and fear will arise in the human heart.

"Everyone, this thief is extremely skilled in martial arts and is invincible. We must not let him endanger the safety of Your Majesty. If anyone can kill or capture this thief from the Song Dynasty, this general will commend you to Your Majesty. With such merit, it will be no problem for you to be made a marquis or a prime minister."

General Jinwu, who led the palace guards to guard the imperial palace, stood in the crowd and boosted morale in Khitan.

After hearing these words, the palace guards, who had just been afraid and terrified, regained some morale, regrouped, and continued to besiege Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan didn't care, because even if these people regrouped again, they still couldn't hurt him.

While he was fighting with these imperial guards, he looked around the Liao Imperial Palace and found that in addition to several palaces in the center of the Liao Imperial Palace, there were also some tents that were only used by nomadic peoples of the grasslands to guard it.

Chu Yuan was not surprised, because the Liao Dynasty was originally a nation established by the Khitan, a nomadic people on the grassland.

After a brief thought, he rushed towards the most magnificent palaces in the center of the imperial palace.

Although there were many 3,000 palace soldiers surrounding him in the palace, the number of imperial guards who could reach him was limited, only about a hundred people, and the others were kept outside.

"Oh no! He's heading towards the Martial Arts Hall where His Majesty is. Stop him now."

Seeing Chu Yuan rushing towards the palace in the center like lightning, General Jinwu's face changed.

After all, they were the personal army of the Liao emperor, and could be considered elite. With an order from General Jinwu, the surrounding palace guards and Liao soldiers rushed towards Chu Yuan desperately to kill him.

Although Chu Yuan did not understand Khitan, when he saw the panicked expressions of General Jinwu and the surrounding palace soldiers, he was sure that he had not found the wrong place.

He was too lazy to get entangled with the Liao soldiers of the palace army on the ground. He hit the top of the head of the Liao soldier closest to him in front of him and killed him with his palm.

The iron helmet on the head of the Liao soldier was smashed into pieces along with his head. Red and white objects and the iron helmet fragments flew around, and many of them fell on the Liao soldiers in the surrounding palace tents.

After the corpse fell to the ground, he kicked the headless corpse, and the headless corpse slid forward for seven or eight feet on the ground, knocking down more than a dozen Liao soldiers along the way.

Taking advantage of the chaos among the Liao soldiers in the palace tent around him, he leaped up on the spot and stepped on the shoulder of a Liao soldier in front of him on the left to gain leverage.

His body was rising in the air at an oblique angle, passing over the Liao soldiers of the palace army blocking his way and falling forward.

After advancing nearly ten feet, he was about to fall to the ground due to exhaustion.

Relying on his profound skills, Chu Yuan stomped his right foot in the air, and his body suddenly rose up, moving forward nearly ten feet again. He repeated this process, and after moving forward once more, Chu Yuan moved forward a total of thirty feet. At this time, Chu Yuan had arrived at the outskirts of the palace army.

General Jinwu was shocked when he saw this scene. He had never thought that there would be such advanced lightness skills in the world that could allow one to fly thirty feet away.

General Jinwu shouted, "Don't let him escape, stop him, stop him!"

If Chu Yuan really broke through their encirclement, he would be able to march straight into the palace where His Majesty lives.

However, what he feared came true. General Jinwu had just given the order and the Liao soldiers under his command had no time to act before Chu Yuan, who was slowly falling from the sky, stepped on the shoulder of a Liao soldier on the periphery.

Without waiting for the surrounding Liao soldiers to attack Chu Yuan, Chu Yuan raised his body again, and after borrowing the force twice, Chu Yuan flew forward nearly thirty feet again. He had already flown out of the encirclement of the Liao soldiers of the palace army and came to several palaces in the center of the imperial palace.

"I wonder which of these palaces the Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, lives in?"

Chu Yuan thought in his heart.

However, this does not pose a problem for Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan used the "Sound Transmission and Soul Searching Technique" to transmit a message to the palaces: "Chu Yuan, the Green Lotus Envoy of the Beggars' Sect, has come to pay a visit to the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty. Your Majesty, please show up and meet me."

Chu Yuan's voice rolled, penetrated the walls of the building, and echoed in the Liao Palace.

This "Sound Transmission and Soul Searching Technique" is actually an extremely advanced sound transmission skill.

In addition to being able to secretly transmit messages to people who possess the inner strength of the Xiaoyao Sect, the words he speaks are also extremely penetrating and can disrupt the opponent's mind and control the opponent's actions.

It is somewhat similar to Duan Yanqing's ventriloquism that can bewitch people.

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Martial Arts Hall!
The straight-line distance to Chuyuan is less than one kilometer.

Located northwest of the Liao Dynasty Palace.

A tall middle-aged man, about six feet tall, with a beard around his lips, wearing a round-necked yellow robe, about thirty years old, was watching the battle situation outside under the protection of several eunuchs and hundreds of palace guards in the palace.

This person was none other than Yelu Hongji, the Liao emperor who had just ascended the throne.

"This person is actually Chu Yuan, the Green Lotus Messenger of the Beggars' Sect who has become famous in the past two years. No wonder he has such powerful martial arts and dares to break into the Liao Palace alone!"

Yelu Hongji sat on a deer horn chair and said in a daze.

"Such a hero, why can't my Great Liao use him? If I can subdue such a hero, my Great Liao will unify the world!"

Such a thought flashed through Yelu Hongji's mind.

An impulse came to his mind, and he forgot that he was in danger at the moment. He immediately responded to the person outside the hall: "It turns out to be Young Master Chu from the Beggars' Sect. Please come in and have a chat."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuchs around him and the imperial guards suddenly changed color and cried out in their hearts: "It's over!"

The leading eunuch said anxiously, "Your Majesty should not have agreed to his request. Your Majesty has just decided to send troops to the Song Dynasty, and this famous Qinglian envoy of the Beggars' Sect has come alone to force his way into the Liao Dynasty's palace. I'm afraid he has bad intentions."

As soon as Yelu Hongji said this, he regretted it.

Because he seemed to be possessed just now, and he had to get it out, and he forgot that he was in danger.

Yelu Hongji said: "What this person said can bewitch people's minds."

The leading eunuch said, "The martial arts of the Central Plains are extensive and profound. It is said that some of them can deceive people's minds with just words. This young hero Chu must also have such martial arts."

"Your Majesty has invited me, I dare not disobey, here I come."

At this moment, Chu Yuan's voice, like the sound of a bell, with strong penetrating power, came from outside again.

The leading eunuch's expression changed immediately, and he immediately said to Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to move quickly, otherwise if you wait for him to come, Your Majesty will be in danger."

Yelu Hongji looked somewhat helpless: "It's too late, he's already here."

As soon as Yelu Hongji finished speaking, a young man landed at the entrance of the Martial Arts Hall, stepped over the threshold and walked in. This man was Chu Yuan.

The leading eunuch, seeing Chu Yuan had found the Martial Arts Hall, was filled with fear and immediately ordered: "Capture him!"

Suddenly, hundreds of palace guards in the hall drew their swords and immediately surrounded Chu Yuan.

"We will escort His Majesty away first."

The leading eunuch then gave instructions to the other eunuchs.

They escorted Yelu Hongji to the back door, wanting to leave through the back door.

"Your Majesty, I want to discuss something with you. It was you who called me here just now. Why do you have to leave after seeing me?" Chu Yuan sighed.

As he spoke, he strode towards Yelu Hongji.

The surrounding imperial guards swung their swords and knives at him, sparks flew out, and then were bounced back one after another.

Chu Yuan was invulnerable to swords and spears, and these imperial guards could not hurt him at all.

The rest of the imperial guards all felt that there was an invisible force on Chu Yuan that separated them in the middle, forming a path for Chu Yuan to pass through.

This is another wonderful use of the innate true energy in Chu Yuan's body.

Seeing this scene, Yelu Hongji said helplessly: "No need to run, stop, I want to talk to this young hero Chu."

He knew that the martial arts Chu Yuan had currently displayed was beyond human capability to contend with. At least the more than one hundred people in the martial arts hall were unable to resist.

Since you can't resist it, you might as well be more open-minded and still maintain some dignity.

Seeing his emperor say this, the leading eunuch had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​escorting Yelu Hongji away.

"As expected of the Liao emperor, he is truly extraordinary."

After seeing Yelu Hongji gave up and left, Chu Yuan sat back on the deer horn chair and walked in front of Yelu Hongji, looking at him and said.

Even though he was in danger, Yelu Hongji still looked calm and composed, without any sign of panic.

There may be some in your heart, but at least it cannot be seen on the outside.

It can be said that he was worthy of being the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty. His ability to remain calm and expressionless was something that ordinary people would never be able to learn in their entire lives.

"Given Young Master Chu's martial arts, even if I panic, it will be of no use."

Yelu Hongji said.

"Someone, give Young Master Chu a seat."

Yelu Hongji then said to the eunuchs around him.

Soon an eunuch brought a chair, and Chu Yuan sat on it without any hesitation.

"May I ask Young Master Chu, how many masters as powerful as you are there in the Central Plains?"

Yelu Hongji asked Chu Yuan curiously.

Such a young Chu Yuan could rely on his martial arts to break into the Liao Palace as if he was in an empty space. If there were a few more such masters in the Song Dynasty martial arts world, he would have to think twice before going to war with the Song Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji even felt that for a master like Chu Yuan, an army of less than two or three thousand people would be useless.

It doesn’t mean that in a head-on confrontation, Chu Yuan can defeat an army of two or three thousand people.

Chu Yuan can run and fight, and has the magical skill of being invulnerable to swords and spears. No matter how large the army is, they cannot hurt him. Once Chu Yuan assassinates the generals in the army, or simply takes the life of the Liao emperor, this war will be impossible to fight.

In the Central Plains martial arts world of the Song Dynasty, in addition to Chu Yuan, there is another person in the Beggars' Sect who is as famous as Chu Yuan, and that is the leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Not many. There are two others in the Song Dynasty martial arts world who are similar in martial arts to me. There are only three of them in total."

Chu Yuan was naturally talking about the Sweeping Monk and Xiaoyaozi!
Although Qiao Feng had practiced the "Yi Jin Jing" and "Shen Zu Jing" and his martial arts had made great progress, there was still a big gap compared to the other three.

Yelu Hongji asked with great interest: "Is the Beggars' Sect leader Qiao Feng among them?"

Chu Yuan shook his head: "No, there are other people, they are not well-known in the world."

When Yelu Hongji heard that Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect who was as famous as Chu Yuan, was not among the three people whose martial arts skills were on par with Chu Yuan, he sighed, "The Song Dynasty is a land of outstanding people and even hidden masters are emerging one after another. The Liao Dynasty is far from comparable."

Yelu Hongji changed his tone and said, "I have heard about the deeds of Chu Shaoxia. Chu Shaoxia is a true hero. With Chu Shaoxia's martial arts, it is really a waste of talent for him to be a "Blue Lotus Messenger" in the Beggars' Sect. I wonder if Chu Shaoxia is willing to serve the Liao Dynasty. I am willing to make Chu Shaoxia a king of a different surname and become sworn brothers with him. In addition, I will choose a princess of the Liao Dynasty who is of the right age to marry Chu Shaoxia."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yuan looked at Yelu Hongji with a half-smile: "Your Majesty, do you think I would give up being a good Song citizen and come to the Liao Dynasty to be a prince?"

No matter which dynasty or country, those who can become emperors have no simple minds.

Yelu Hongji clearly knew his purpose, but he kept avoiding it. It was unknown whether he was delaying time and waiting for the army outside the palace to rescue him, or whether he had some other purpose.

Moreover, although Yelu Hongji said he wanted to recruit him, the conditions he offered him were not generous.

Compared to what Yelu Hongji has promised now, in the original plot, Qiao Feng was named the King of the Southern Courtyard.

The status of the King of Nanyuan in the Liao Dynasty was only slightly lower than that of the Liao Emperor.

In comparison, the king of a different surname that Yelu Hongji promised him was just an ordinary prince.

In addition, Yelu Hongji's promise to marry him a princess of the Liao Dynasty was not as good as A Zi being directly named a princess just because of Qiao Feng's help.

It can be seen that because of Chu Yuan's Han identity, although Yelu Hongji said that he wanted to recruit him, he was still very wary of him.

In the original plot, Yelu Hongji really admired Qiao Feng. If Qiao Feng had not still been loyal to the Song Dynasty, it is possible that Qiao Feng would have become the most powerful person in the Liao Dynasty besides Yelu Hongji.

Chu Yuan's words let Yelu Hongji know what Chu Yuan meant. He was not embarrassed, and said with some regret: "It seems that such a talented young man Chu can only miss the opportunity to meet me and the Liao Dynasty."

Chu Yuan directly stated the purpose of this trip: "I heard that your majesty is preparing to use military force against the Song Dynasty. I am here to persuade your majesty to give up the idea of ​​using military force against the Song Dynasty!"

Seeing Chu Yuan making this clear, Yelu Hongji said, "What if I don't agree? Are you going to kill me?"

Chu Yuan looked at Yelu Hongji and said casually, "We have to go to war anyway. At worst, I can kill your majesty and start a war between Song and Liao."

Yelu Hongji's breathing stagnated. He could see that Chu Yuan's words seemed casual, as if he was joking, but there was an unquestionable tone in his words.

He felt that what Chu Yuan said did not seem to be a joke.

Yelu Hongji pondered for a moment and said, "Even if Young Master Chu forces me to withdraw my troops, once Young Master Chu leaves, I can still continue to use my troops against the Song Dynasty."

Chu Yuan said: "So your majesty must sign a covenant and announce to the world that during your majesty's reign, not a single soldier from the Liao Dynasty can cross the border of the Song Dynasty. From now on, the Song and Liao countries will be friendly neighbors and share weal and woe."

Yelu Hongji flatly refused: "There is absolutely no such possibility."

He had just ascended the throne and was originally planning to lead the Liao Dynasty to attack the Song Dynasty and establish his own prestige.

If he really did what Chu Yuan said, he would probably become a laughing stock in the world.

He will also become the most incompetent emperor among all the Liao emperors.

Chu Yuan looked at Yelu Hongji and said, "Your Majesty, you'd better think it over carefully. If you think that raising an army to attack Song is more important than your own life, then just go ahead and do it."

With a sharp weapon in the body, the murderous heart starts from the beginning.

According to Chu Yuan's current martial arts skills, in his eyes, there is no difference between kings, princes, generals and ordinary people.

If Yelu Hongji insisted on his own way and started a war rashly, then he would kill Yelu Hongji and let the Liao Dynasty have another emperor.

If the newly-appointed Liao emperor still wanted to attack the Song Dynasty, then he would continue to kill.

The fighting continued until the Liao Dynasty was willing to sign an alliance with the Song Dynasty and coexist peacefully with it.

Chu Yuan's indifferent gaze and calm tone made Yelu Hongji's heart tremble.

Yelu Hongji didn't like the look in Chu Yuan's eyes at that moment, because that was the look he usually gave when he looked down upon ordinary people.

Yelu Hongji never imagined that one day he would be looked at in such a way by others.

He was very sure that Chu Yuan was not threatening him. If he refused, Chu Yuan would definitely kill him as he said.

Because he usually treats civilians who offend him in the same way.

Yelu Hongji had already decided in his heart to agree to Chu Yuan, because a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall. Becoming a laughing stock of the world is better than dying.

If he died, everything would be gone. All his previous plans for after ascending the throne would become a pipe dream.

However, Yelu Hongji still didn't want to bow his head so quickly. He stared at Chu Yuan and said, "No matter how powerful Chu's martial arts are, can you be more powerful than my army?"

Chu Yuan's ears moved, and he looked outside the palace: "The rescue that Your Majesty has been waiting for has arrived. Perhaps we can give it a try."

At the same time, outside the main hall.

As time went by, the news that the emperor was assassinated by the Song people spread throughout the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao army was constantly gathering towards the palace.

In a short period of time, tens of thousands of Liao troops had gathered around the imperial palace in the capital!

Outside the capital, there are 50,000 troops ready to take orders at any time.

As time went by, the Liao army continued to gather towards the capital.

(End of this chapter)